(IN BRIEF) ESET has been recognized as a Strategic Leader for the fourth time in the AV-Comparatives 2024 Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) Comparative Report. ESET PROTECT Enterprise achieved the highest score for Prevention and Response, detecting 98% of threats … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) ESET Research has revealed that the Telekopye scam network has shifted its focus to targeting users of Booking.com and Airbnb through compromised hotel accounts. By sending fake payment issue emails and directing users to fraudulent booking sites that … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Government, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Airbnb, Booking.com, ESET, Hotel Accounts, Radek Jizba, SECURITY, Telekopye Scam Network
(IN BRIEF) ESET has enhanced its Vulnerability and Patch Management module to include Linux and macOS systems, expanding coverage and offering improved visibility and control through a new dashboard. The update supports both automated and manual vulnerability scanning, ensuring seamless … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) ESET Research has uncovered a new Android malware called “NGate” that targets NFC (Near Field Communication) data to facilitate unauthorized ATM withdrawals. The malware deceives users into installing it through phishing attacks impersonating Czech banks. Once installed, NGate … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Android Malware, ATM Theft, Cybersecurity, Czech banks, ESET, Lukáš Štefanko, NFC (Near Field Communication) Data, NGate, Phishing
(IN BRIEF) ESET researchers have uncovered a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign targeting Tibetans across various countries and territories, leveraging the Monlam Festival, a significant religious event. The operation, attributed to the China-aligned Evasive Panda Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, utilized a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Government, Industrial, Internet & Online, Management, News, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Anh Ho, CHINA, Cyberespionage Campaign, ESET, Monlam Festival, Tibetans
(IN BRIEF) ESET Research uncovered Operation Texonto, a disinformation and psychological operations (PSYOPs) campaign utilizing spam emails to influence Ukrainian citizens, suggesting Russia’s superiority in the ongoing conflict. The campaign consisted of two waves in November and December 2023, spreading … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Russia, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Disinformation Campaign, ESET, Matthieu Faou, RUSSIA, Texonto, Ukrainians
(IN BRIEF) ESET researchers have uncovered Winter Vivern’s exploitation of a zero-day XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) vulnerability in the Roundcube Webmail server. The cyberespionage group targeted Roundcube Webmail servers of governmental entities and a think tank in Europe, compromising email systems. … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) ESET PROTECT Enterprise has achieved the prestigious title of Strategic Leader in the 2023 AV-Comparatives Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) Comparative Report. The assessment, conducted by AV-Comparatives, found that ESET’s cybersecurity solution excelled in preventing and responding to … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Industrial, Management, News, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Andreas Clementi, AV-Comparatives, Award, EPR Report, ESET, ESET PROTECT, Roman Kováč, Strategic Leader in 2023
(IN BRIEF) ESET, a leading digital security provider, has received a favorable ruling from a California federal jury in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it by Finjan Holdings LLC. The lawsuit, which began in 2015 and faced a mistrial … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Law, Management, News, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged California, ESET, Finjan Holdings LLC, Juraj Malcho, Patent Infringement Lawsuit, Richard Marko
(IN BRIEF) ESET researchers have uncovered a cyberespionage campaign led by the Ballistic Bobcat group, suspected of having Iranian ties, which primarily targets education, government, healthcare, and various organizations worldwide. In their latest campaign, they introduced a new backdoor called … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Adam Burgher, APT35/APT42, Ballistic Bobcat, Charming Kitten, CISA Alert AA21-321A, cyberespionage, ESET, Israel, Microsoft Exchange servers, Middle East, phosphorus, PowerLess campaign, sponsor, Sponsor backdoor, TA453, United States, WeLiveSecurity
(IN BRIEF) ESET Research has conducted an analysis of the Spacecolon toolset, which is utilized to deploy Scarab ransomware variants globally. The toolset is believed to be of Turkish origin and is operated by a group named CosmicBeetle. Spacecolon’s primary … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Industrial, Management, News, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged CosmicBeetle Group, data theft, ESET, Jakub Souček, Ransomware Deployment, Spacecolon Toolset, Turkey
(IN BRIEF) Security researchers at ESET have discovered an ongoing phishing campaign that targets users of the Zimbra Collaboration software platform. This campaign, active since April 2023, aims to collect user credentials by sending emails with phishing pages in attached … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Industrial, Internet & Online, Management, News, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Credentials, Ecuador, ESET, France, Italy, Phishing Campaign, Poland, the Netherlands, UKRAINE, Viktor Šperka, Zimbra Collaboration Users
(IN BRIEF) ESET, a global cybersecurity leader, has partnered with DeepMind, the renowned Google research laboratory for artificial intelligence, to host the Eastern European Summer School of Machine Learning. The event is currently taking place at the Technical University of … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Education, Industrial, Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged AI Canada, artificial-intelligence, Cybernetics, deep learning, DeepMind, Doina Precup, Eastern European Summer School of Machine Learning, ESET, Google, Jana Košecká, Juraj Malcho, Machine Learning, McGill University in Montreal, medicine, Michal Valko, Peter Richtárik, Razvan Pascanu, robotics, Slovakia, Technical University of Košice, Viorica Patraucean, Yoshua Bengio
(IN BRIEF) Researchers at ESET have discovered a malicious Android app called iRecorder – Screen Recorder that was initially available on Google Play as a legitimate app. The app, which had over 50,000 installations, had malicious functionality added in August … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, News, Slovakia, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AhMyth Android RAT, AhRat, ESET, Google Play, iRecorder, Lukáš Štefanko, malicious app, Screen Recorder, trojanized Android app
(IN BRIEF) ESET has been recognized as a top player in Radicati’s Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Protection – Market Quadrant 2023 report. According to the report, ESET is a current market leader with products that offer breadth and depth of … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) BRATISLAVA, 7-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET, a Slovak internet security company known for its anti-virus and firewall products, has announced that its researchers have discovered a previously unknown malware family that utilizes custom and well-designed modules, targeting operating … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, News, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Boost, C/C++, CentOS, Debian, digital threats, encryption, ESET, FontOnLake, IT security, IT security software, Linux, malware, malware family, Mobile Security, modules, multifactor authentication, operating systems, Poco, Protobuf, Southeast Asia, VirusTotal, Vladislav Hrčka, WeLiveSecurity
(PRESS RELEASE) BRATISLAVA, 9-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Global leader in cybersecurity ESET earned the highest possible prize in SE Labs’ Q3 Enterprise Endpoint Protection awards. Its ESET Endpoint Security solution received the AAA rating, earning the same top rating in … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Internet & Online, Management, News, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged AAA award, Awards, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity threats, endpoint security solutions, Enterprise Endpoint Protection, ESET, ESET Endpoint Security, Jiri Kropáč, network security, rating, run testing, SE Labs, security software
(PRESS RELEASE) BRATISLAVA, 21-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET Internet Security product for Windows recognised by both AV Comparatives and Virus Bulletin. ESET Internet Security ranked first place in AV Comparatives’ Performance Test – Impact of Consumer Security Software on System … Read the full press release
BRATISLAVA, 25-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET, a leader in information security, today announced it has been awarded the highest designation in the Innovation, Product, Market and Overall Leader categories in the 2018 Kuppinger Cole Leadership Compass Enterprise Endpoint Security: Anti-Malware Solutions. … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Internet & Online, Management, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged 2018, Anti-Malware Solutions, ESET, Juraj Malcho, Kuppinger Cole, SECURITY
BRATISLAVA, 03-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET, a leading global cyber security company, has discovered a new threat whereby attackers infected vulnerable Windows web servers with a malicious cryptocurrency miner in order to mine Monero – a newer cryptocurrency alternative to Bitcoin. … Read the full press release
BRATISLAVA, 15-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET, a leader in cybersecurity, has today announced its plans to build state of the art new company headquarters on the nine hectare site of the former military hospital at Patronka, close to Forest Park, Bratislava. … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Cybersecurity, ESET, Palo Luka, Patronka in Bratislava, Richard Marko
BRATISLAVA, 12-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, is proud to be taking centre court this summer thanks to a new agreement to serve as the official software security partner of Canada’s top tennis tournament, Rogers Cup presented … Read the full press release
BRATISLAVA, 12-May-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Sednit group is back on the radar after alleged interference with the French elections. ESET researchers have observed another one of their phishing emails in action – this time using a recently mediatized missile strike … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Alexis Dorais-Joncas, APT28, ESET, Fancy Bear, Sednit's phishing emails, Sofacy, The Sednit group
BRATISLAVA, 19-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET®, the pioneer of proactive protection and leading European-based IT security company, has just opened a brand new office in Germany, in downtown Munich. While ESET’s regional center for German speaking countries (DACH – Germany, Austria, … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Bavarian capital, ESET, IT security company, Miroslav Mikus, Munich
BRATISLAVA, 26-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET®, a global pioneer in IT security for more than two decades, today announced the launch of ESET Remote Administrator (ERA) Virtual Machine® for Microsoft Azure. The product enables IT administrators to drill-down into endpoint security … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged ESET, ESET Remote Administrator, Microsoft Azure marketplace
Bratislava, Slovakia, 25-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET®, a global pioneer in IT security for more than two decades, has teamed up with Slovak game developer Pixel Federation to bring the ESET brand onto the tracks of the smash-hit railway tycoon game … Read the full press release
Bratislava, 07-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET researchers have spotted a scam campaign on Facebook that steals the social network users’ payment card details. Instead of buying luxury sunglasses at a 90% discount, shoppers might end up victims of a payment card … Read the full press release
Brand new, child-friendly ESET Parental Control for Android app is now available worldwide. Bratislava, 19-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET®, a global pioneer in IT security for more than two decades, today announces the global availability of its ESET Parental Control for Android app, … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Slovakia
Tagged Branislav Orlik, ESET, ESET Parental Control for Android app
Bratislava, 28-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — AV-Comparatives, an independent testing organization, published its in-depth Parental Control Reviews this week, in which it assesses the main features and the ability of solutions to keep unwanted content from kids’ eyes on their Windows computers. … Read the full press release
After years of successful partnership within the ESET Technology Alliance, UK-based company joins ESET to provide its solution as part of ESET’s broad portfolio to business customers. Bratislava, 28-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET®, a global leader in IT security for more than … Read the full press release
Bratislava, Slovakia, 28-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET, Central Europe-based IT security company has ranked among the fastest growing large tech companies in the region for 12th time in 2014, finds Deloitte in its annual Technology Fast 50 CE report. With a 274% … Read the full press release
Bratislava, Slovakia, 28-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Jean-Ian Boutin, researcher from ESET Montreal lab has presented the results of the recent investigation of the webinject-based malware at the 24th Virus Bulletin conference in Seattle. ESET’s Jean-Ian Boutin has been analyzing these types … Read the full press release
ESET researcher interviewed by WeLiveSecurity.com to explain essential facts about botnets and how to defend against this type of malware. Bratislava, Slovakia, 28-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The number of articles on WeLiveSecurity.com talking about botnet malware is rising every day. Operation … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged botnets, ESET, malware, Pierre-Marc Bureau, WeLiveSecurity.com
Global security vendor offers German-speaking countries the benefits of its security news site. Bratislava/Jena, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — IT security provider ESET® today announces the launch of the German edition of its WeLiveSecurity.com site, offering German-speakers access to this world-class security news resource. After months of development, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Internet & Online, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged Eddie Johnson, ESET, Thomas Uhlemann, WeLiveSecurity.com site
Bratislava, Slovakia, 27-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET®, the global leader in proactive digital protection, today warn Mac users not to download pirated software from file-sharing peer-to-peer networks, as ESET researchers have discovered Bitcoin-stealing malware being spread via cracked apps. The OSX/CoinThief trojan … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Financial, Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Angry Birds, Bitcoin exchanges, Bitcoin-stealing malware, cracked apps, ESET, ESET researchers, file-sharing peer-to-peer networks, Mac malware, Mac users, malicious browser add-ons, OSX/CoinThief trojan, pirated software, Pixelmator, wallet sites
ESET®, the global leader in proactive digital protection with a record number of consecutive VB100 awards spanning over 10 years for its ESET NOD32® technology, is introducing the #mobileweek initiative in the occasion of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. All … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged 50% off, Android smartphones, Android tablets, Android threats, Anti-Phishing, Anti-Theft, ESET, ESET Mobile Security, Ignacio Sbampato, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, premium mobile security solution, Real-time Scanner, security app, SMS & Call Filter, top-rated security app
Easy set-up, Expanded Integration Options (SDK) and Management Deliver Next Generation Two Factor Authentication (2FA) for SMBs and Enterprises Bratislava, Slovakia, 21-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET®, the global leader in proactive digital protection with a record of 10 consecutive years winning the … Read the full press release
Coinciding with the Mobile World Congress, ESET is launching a #mobileweek initiative enabling users to enjoy premium features of ESET Mobile Security at just the half of its original price Bratislava, Slovakia, 21-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET®, the global leader in proactive … Read the full press release
Large Infection Waves Continue in the Czech Republic Bratislava, Slovakia, 11-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET HQ malware research lab is reporting new campaigns of the very effective banking trojan Hesperbot. As previously uncovered by ESET, Hesperbot is using very credible-looking spreading campaigns … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Czech Republic, Germany, Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged advanced banking trojan, Android, Australia, Bitcoins, BlackBerry, cloud-based malware collection system, ESET, ESET HQ malware research lab, Germany, Germany banks, Germany users, Hesperbot, LiveGrid® data, malware, Robert Lipovsky, sophisticated banking malware, Symbian, trojan, Win32/Spy.Hesperbot
23-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET, the global pioneer in proactive digital protection, has claimed first place among 16 security products tested in the latest AV-Comparatives Anti-Phishing Report, thus securing the “Advanced+” mark. ESET Smart Security has blocked 99 percent of the phishing websites and … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged anti-malware protection, Anti-Phishing, AV-Comparatives, AV-Comparatives Anti-Phishing Test, cyber-criminals, ESET, ESET Smart Security 6, ESET Smart Security®, Peter Stancik, phishing campaigns, phishing websites
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